We were pretty sore from our first day of paddling and somewhat concerned that so many people seemed headed to Winchell so we decided to take Henson over to Omega and find a site there or maybe on Kiskadina. The weather was cool and mostly sunny. The wind picked up a bit in the afternoon, mostly from the W/NW, which made us glad we skipped Winchell that day.

On the Gaskin to Henson portage, we ran into one group day-tripping from their basecamp on Winchell (Winchell again!). All the sites on Henson were empty as we paddled past and we did the 37 rod portage into Omega with no problems. It was getting to be mid-afternoon and we were eager to find a campsite and collect some firewood since the forecast was for lows in the 30s. We headed straight for site 591 in the north bay of Omega and it did not disappoint! It has a proper little marina and a beautiful rock ledge 20-30 feet above the water level which was sheltered by trees and a hill from north winds and got both afternoon and morning sun because it is on a bit of a peninsula. We thought to check another site, just for comparison, but ran into one other group heading into Henson who said it was taken, so we hastily retreated to the north site and made camp.

After a nice dinner and a hot toddy (lemon ginger tea with a splash of scotch), we retreated to our sleeping bags before it got too cold.